(20 Sep 2014, 12:19 am)Washingtonian wrote Yes I have. I can't understand why they allocate a Double Decker to services W5 and W6 when they are supposed to be allocated MPDs. The W5 and W6 certainly don't justify the need for a bigger bus in my opinion. The deckers would be better suited to the M2 and M3.

In my mind that is a Daily Occurrence which been happening for over a Year now, and needs be addressed by Go North East, but it has been a lot worse in the last 2 Weeks, in Particular this week.

This week has seen a South Tyne Versa off route everyday, Monday saw 8300 on the 4 which I Photographed, as for the rest of the week I have seen one daily on the M2/M3 and I wouldn't be surprised if one ended up on the W5/W6 also, Wednesday was quite Interesting as 4961/64 were both on the 88/88A whilst a Versa was again on the Washington Local Services, 4961 then saw use on the X1 and was Photographed by Bazza on Thursday, Just to note the usage of a Solar is not first time in the past few weeks on the X1.

Furthermore what some Enthusiasts may forget is that Washington Depot are down 2 Vehicles following Engine Fires earlier this year, and Washington didn't receive any replacement Vehicles as a Result, although admittedly they have been able to cope with there Allocations since then, But then if there is quite a few Vehicles in the Depot "VOR", Then those Allocations go to pot, which has been identified above.

Go North East are fully aware of the poor Reliability of the Cadets and the affects it is having on Washington's Services, following an email from myself Last Month where I had experienced Services M2/M3 Running severely Late or simply not turning up at all, Clearly Go North East have responded to that by Monitoring those Services otherwise there wouldn't be changes to improve Reliability in November.

I do think it worth keeping a close eye on to if this continues to happen in the coming weeks, as it is almost if not worse than the Allocations which Stanley and Percy Main Depot provide on a Daily Basis.